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Modern ornithological Mongolian calls the halcyon kingfishers Халуу khaluu and the alcedinid kingfishers Шогшорshogshor or Шогширshogshir.
For the kingfishers, Inner Mongolian uses Хөхөцkhöxöts meaning 'indigo, dark blue', an obvious reference to the colour of Alcedo atthis.

However, there is some confusion in the Mongolian kingfisher names:

Халуу khaluu is more generally associated with the osprey (Халуу мэргэнkhaluu mergeŋ) and with cormorants in Inner Mongolian ornithological usage.

Шогшорshogshor or Шогширshogshir is possibly onomatopoeic, and may be related to the verb шогшихshogshikh meaning 'make a gulping sound', but it is not found in most dictionaries. One dictionary gives Нохойн шогширnokhoiŋ shogshir'dog shogshir' as a name for the nightjars and Нохой шогшорnokhoi shogshor'dog shogshor' as a name for the nuthatch.

翡翠fěicuì is an ancient name signifying 'red feathers' (翡) + 'blue feathers' (翠), for which certain kingfishers were prized. In modern times Chinese ornithologists have for mostly restricted the name 翡翠fěicuì to the halcyonid kingfishers, although Taiwan still uses it for a cerylid kingfisher.

翠鸟cuì-niǎo, literally 'bluefeather-bird', using the second character in 翡翠fěicuì, is a long-standing general kingfisher name most closely associated with the widespread Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis. As a modern ornithological name it is also extended to other members of the genus Alcedo.

ショウビンshōbin is used ornithologically for the halcyonid kingfishers. All Japanese kingfisher names can be written 翡翠, a Chinese name for the kingfishers. In addition to ショウビンshōbin, 翡翠 can be read as カワセミkawa-semi, ヒスイhisui, and セミsemi (in the name ヤマセミyama-semi only), all meaning 'kingfisher'. (To distinguish the names here, ショウビンshōbin is called 'kingfisher₂'. セミsemi is 'kingfisher₁'.)

カワセミkawa-semi, literally 'river kingfisher', is used ornithologically for the alcedinid kingfishers. Traditionally written in at least three ways: 1. 翡翠, a Chinese name for the kingfishers, which may also be read as ショウビンshōbin, ヒスイhisui, or (in ヤマセミyama-semi 'mountain kingfisher') as セミsemi, all meaning 'kingfisher'. 2. 川蝉, literally 'river cicada', using the character for the homonymous word meaning 'cicada' (セミsemi). 3. 魚狗 'fish-dog', another Chinese name for the kingfishers. 1. and 3. both use a Chinese name as a whole to write カワセミkawasemi. Neither thus contains an individual character representing 'river' (カワkawa).
(To distinguish the names here, セミsemi is called 'kingfisher₁' and ショウビンshōbin is 'kingfisher₂')